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quirted

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past tense of quirt

as in knouted

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During one particularly violent encounter in June 2024, China Coast Guard personnel brandished axes at Philippine troops and slashed their rubber boats.

— Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
But after the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, Lama and more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide found themselves out of a job.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

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Russia has switched from a supplier of diesel and other products to an importer, just as China is trying to restock its own inventories.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Feely initially ran for Congress for Arizona's 5th District, but switched to District 1 after Trump endorsed former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, who became the clear front-runner.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 22 July 2026

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Some lashed out at United’s fan representatives — volunteers who have been working behind the scenes to try to help.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Beijing lashed out at the European Union after the latter fined AliExpress, the largest Chinese e-commerce platform in the bloc, more than half a billion euros over the uncurbed sale of counterfeit goods on its site.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

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Belgium’s Hans Vanaken thumped it into the goal past defender Tim Ream, who flailed lamely as Belgium scored.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Another turn in a winning season that would have seemed improbable two months ago, when the Phillies flailed and manager Rob Thomson lost his job.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 27 June 2026

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Wales was far stronger than the all-local team that was thrashed 73-0 by South Africa last November in Cardiff, and still outclassed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
A week after returning to action with a road win over Utah, Bay FC thrashed the North Carolina Courage 3-0 on Saturday at PayPal Park, getting two early goals from Karlie Lema and a second-half score from Racheal Kundananji to seal the deal.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 July 2026

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In racy photos posted by Kardashian, the longtime Kardashian-Jenner family friend is seen toned and tanned, her hair messy.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026

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